Took me 136 hours but I now have the Platinum Trophy for Death Stranding 2 🙂‍↕️

@beingthecowboy.leftist.gay THANK YOU 🙏🙏

Very first new pack went crazy #pokemontcgpocket

Neva! Second half of this game really shines. Wasn’t in love with the first 2 chapters but the back half adds some refreshing complexity to the gameplay and visually it ascends from good to great. Ends incredibly strong, great little 2D action platformer with a lot of heart!

Played No Case Should Remain Unsolved and was genuinely blown away by this little game. Inventive gameplay mechanic where you are reorganizing memories from a decade old cold case to finally find closure for a missing girl and the detective that mourns her. Ending had me in tears. Only two hours!

I did not like Mouthwashing at all. I understand that a lot of its magic comes from how the "key event" in that story is communicated to the player so perhaps being spoiled on it going in affected my enjoyment of the storytelling. Also not scary, atmosphere didn't click for me

December games thread

I also played the Alan Wake 2 DLC’s last week! Preferred Nights Spring’s episodic chapters to the Lake House’s extended side story but overall enjoyed both. Number One Fan was my favorite Night Springs episode, a super silly 90 minute sequence where you play out someone’s self-insert fan-fiction

Pickled up Balatro and yeah that game is crack. Reminds me of League of Legends in that an hour long run feels like 10 minutes. Completely demands your attention. Minor gripe would be once you get that first rng god run you kind of just accept that you might never get there again

Sat down last night and played all of Grunn in one sitting. Really fun little puzzle box of a game where your progression relies on your understanding of the environment. Apparently this genre is called "Metroidbrainia"?

Let’s GOOO

Starstruck Hands of Time Included a screenshot of my backloggd entry bc I couldn't fit in word count. Guitar Hero and Katamari lovechild with a wild story. Most criminally underplayed game of the year (only 110 steam reviews!)

I've started Starstruck: Hands of Time!

Finished Metaphor ReFantazio a few weeks ago. The new turn based system was strong and a refreshing change of pace considering P3R came out earlier this year. Unfortunately I found the characters dull and the story pretty uninteresting. Louis’s English VA was a highlight

Had to make a tough call and I went with Space Marine 2 over Helldivers

Once my semester is over next week I’m going to try and catch up on as many indie games from this year as possible

Oh fuck yeah

Me at summer camp when I was 11:

Just fell to my knees in a Walmart

Not the first time Lae’zel is supporting my claim to the throne #metaphor

Wonder Pick is the great mechanic of all time #Pokemon #tcgp

This is the first year that I’ve played almost all the nominees (not Black Myth) and am somehow the least passionate about who wins. The JRPG’s are too flawed, Elden Ring is DLC, Balatro is a COOL indie card game but not spectacular, fuck it give it to Astro Bot

I need to hurry up and finish Metaphor ReFantazio so that I can play Metal Gear 2 so that I can play Metal Gear 3 so that I can play the Alan Wake DLC so that I can play Space Marine 2 so that I can play Final Fantasy X-2

The hw vibe I’ve crafted tn

My dog